Tue 19 July 2022: A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official warned on Tuesday that countries need to speed up vaccination uptake and bring back measures like mask use to avoid stricter measures as autumn and winter approach. An Omicron offshoot is driving a growing COVID-19 wave in Europe. In a Reuters interview, WHO Regional […]
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Tue 19 July 2022: Due to the rapid spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant, coronavirus infections are once again on the rise in South Korea, local media reported on Tuesday. According to Yonhap News Agency, a total of 73,528 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, more than doubling the number from […]
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Sat 16 July 2022: Japan‘s daily COVID-19 infections hit a record of more than 103,311. Japan on Friday reported 97,788 new coronavirus cases, up 5,523 from Thursday. It was the first time since Feb 5 that the nationwide number topped 100,000. Faced with a seventh COVID wave, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday urged the public to exercise […]
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Sat 16 July 2022: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the most significant decline in childhood vaccinations in some 30 years, according to official data published by the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Friday. The UN agencies warned that global vaccination coverage continued to decline in 2021, with 25 million infants missing lifesaving vaccines. “Planning […]
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Sat 16 July 2022: As authorities continue to enforce their zero-Covid policy, China on Saturday reported the highest number of coronavirus cases since May, placing millions of people under lockdown this weekend. China is the last major economy still pursuing the goal of eliminating outbreaks, despite the strategy’s severe economic costs, using sudden lockdowns, protracted […]
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Fri 15 July 2022: Covid- 19 infections in Britain have increased by nearly 800,000 in a week, with some regions in the country approaching the springtime records. Additionally, the number of hospitals is rising due to the spread of the most recent coronavirus subvariants, Omicron BA.4 and BA.5. According to the Office for National Statistics […]
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Thu 14 July 2022: South Korea‘s COVID-19 cases have been rising again due to a highly contagious new omicron subvariant in the East Asian country, local media said on Thursday. During the past 24 hours, South Korea registered 39,196 new infections, the highest daily figure in a week, bringing the caseload to over 18.64 million, Yonhap News Agency reported. […]
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Thu 14 July 2022: The New Zealand Health Ministry reported on Thursday that COVID-19 cases surged again as the country battles the second wave of omicron infections, Anandolu Agency reported. During the past 24 hours, New Zealand registered 11,282 new infections, bringing the caseload to over 1.47 million, according to the ministry. With 23 more […]
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Tue 12July 2022: COVID-19 is still a global emergency, according to the World Health Organization, over two and a half years after it was first declared one. Rising cases, continuous viral evolution, and strain on health services in several countries, according to the Emergency Committee, a group of independent specialists, meant that the situation was […]
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Mon 11 July 2022: Xavier Becerra, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, issued a warning on Monday about a possible COVID-19 pandemic recurrence in the upcoming fall and winter. “What I would tell you is that come the fall and winter, most everyone who is an expert on pandemics and […]
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